FAA TO LOWER WAAS MINIMUMS, DOUBLE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE PROCEDURES

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to lower the minimums for use of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) from the current 250 feet above an airport surface to 200 feet for vertical instrument approaches, the agency announced last week. FAA said it would release the first procedures by...

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